a midwest mess this morning after a series of powerful storms and tornadoes rip across at least six states smashing roofs, uprooting trees, and knocking out power. >> it was loud and crazy. the wind was a blowing, and sheet metal from the roofs were flying and the roof went off the house. the white house is making plans to end the cash for clunkers program as dealers complain they're not getting paid. we'll tell you why the program is stalling. the jon and kate divorce continues to grab headlines as things get nasty between the two new women in jon's life. >> you know, she's kcuckoo. >> all this as concern grows about the children. and he changed the way america watched the news. a look back at the life and extraordinary career of cbs' news don hewitt. all this "early" thursday

morning, august 20th, 2009. a good thursday morning to everyone at home. i'm maggie rodriguez with jeff glor. harry and julie are off this morning. >> as we continue the healthy debate over healthcare coverage this morning, we'll be joined exclusively by former massachusetts governor mitt romney, who joins us from massachusetts. he says that if the rest of the country followed the massachusetts model, there could be comprehensive reform and effective reform. he'll speak with us in just a few minutes. >> you mean he's for his own program? >> shocker, isn't it? >> we'll talk to governor romney ahead. also this morning, a presidential proposal that god broad support in congress takes effect today. all of us should start to see changes in our credit card statements designed to protect us from sneaky fees and penalties. our financial adviser ray martin will be here to tell us what to look for. but first, several midwestern states are waking up this morning from damage from possible tornado strikes.

dave price is here with the details. good morning, dave. >> good morning to both of you. we talked about this yesterday, but still ferocious storms rolled through the midwest leaving twisters behind and a trail of destruction. cell phone video caught this tornado near st. paul minnesota, yesterday. the twister uprooted trees and tore down power lines, leaving more than 2,000 customers without electricity. it was part of a violent storm system that struck at least six states. at least six tornadoes were spotted. in williamsville, illinois near springfield, high winds and heavy rain reduced some homes and buildings to rubble. in stanley, iowa north of cedar rapids powerful winds left a path of destruction that took down a grain silo. >> it was loud and crazy. the wind was a-blowing, and sheet metal from the roofs were flying. and the roof went off the house. then it was over with. >> and in northwest, indiana, an

apparent tornado touched down. trees came tumbling down on top of homes. if you take a look at this cell phone video, even though there needs to be investigation to confirm that it was a tornado, you can see that funnel activity pretty clearly in the picture. now let's talk about what's going to go on today. today's thunderstorm threat is widespread, and it extends all the way from the gulf coast through the great lakes. at any time we could see some of those storms become dangerous and strong. the highest risk probably found around the mid-mississippi and tennessee valleys, where we could see two to four inches of rain likely with a threat of severe local conditions. we'll keep an eye on that as we head through the rest of the day. now we take another turn to continue to track hurricane bill, still churning out into the atlantic. it's weakened slightly this morning, but it remains a dangerous category 3 storm. we take a look at the loop. bill now located about 790 miles southeast of bermuda with sustained winds of 120 miles per

hour. hurricane force winds extend about 85 miles from the storm's center. bill could still strengthen once again. it's begun its move towards the north and west with a little bit of a sharper turn. unclear how close the storm's going to come to the u.s. coastline, we don't think it's a threat to land but by this weekend, coastal areas through the carolinas up through the eastern seaboard northeastern seaboard through new england could see dangerous surf and rip currents. we'll talk more about that through the morning, but that that's potentially the biggest and most dangerous threat to the continuous 48 states from this storm. so we'll watch that. folks, a lot more ahead. >> dave thanks very much. a lot going on. appreciate it. president obama jumps back into the healthcare fray once again today. cbs news senior white house correspondent bill plante has more from the white house this morning. bill good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, jeff. the charge that the president is willing to abandon his demand for a public healthcare option has really upset his liberal base. so he's reaching out. on wednesday in a conference

call he told religious leaders that healthcare in his words was a coral ethical and moral obligation. today he reaches out to his supporters in an online meeting. regina holliday will be one of those online today. her husband died of cancer the day the senate began debating healthcare reform. his death at 39 from kidney cancer prompted her to paint this mural promoting healthcare reform. >> there's a very good chance if healthcare reform had had gone through years ago, my husband would be alive today. >> reporter: holliday is pushing for a public healthcare plan. >> i think competition is very important. >> reporter: democrats on capitol hill say they may only be able to pass healthcare reform without republicans. an idea the white house is knocking down. >> how do you respond to the suggestion you've lost control of the argument? >> the argument is not over. >> reporter: but white house sources now say, if liberals want the public option they'll have to sell it themselves. the president will use his popularity to promote a

bipartisan solution. >> i say no we do not have to live with this. we can change things. if everybody stands up. >> reporter: the president will also take his case to radio listeners today, appearing live on the michael smerkonish call-in show. >> bill plante at the white house. bill, thank you very much. joining us now is former massachusetts governor and presidential candidate mitt romney. he's a republican and signed a bill promoting health insurance for nearly all of its state's citizens in 2006. governor good to see you again. >> good to be back. thank you. >> let me ask you the same question that bill asked robert gibbs yesterday. do you think the president has lost control of this debate? >> well i think he gave up control at the very beginning. he decided he would hand this over to nancy pelosi and the house. he did not fashion his own bill with the measures that he thought were critical for the bill. and the house has created something which is frankly, entirely partisan. it's not the kind of bipartisanship which the president promised he'd bring to

washington. actually, what you're seeing in washington is the status quo on steroids, where the kind of partisanship which has long characterized inaction in washington is again prevailing. if the president wants to get something done he needs to put aside the extreme liberal wing of his party, work together with the middle votes of his party, work with republicans as well and get a plan that gets people insured without having the government take over insurance. >> governor let me ask you this. anything you think the president is doing right right now on healthcare reform? >> he's not campaigning, which is what he does best. he continues to campaign but what we really need now is leadership from the president that works in a bipartisan basis to fashion a bill that improves our healthcare system that gets people insured, and make sure we don't have folks losing insurance if they lose their job. at the same time it does not get the government in the business of running healthcare or taking over the healthcare insurance industry. that we don't need. we get the job done here in massachusetts, and we did that without a public option.

>> governor i should say that "forbes" magazine says the "massachusetts program hardly looks like a model for the nation or any other state. what it looks like is a mess right now." costs have gone from $133 million in 2007 to more than $700 million projected in 2009. are you surprised at how much costs have spiralled? >> actually that cost figure is almost precisely, actually slightly less than what was forecast when the conference committee put the final bill together. so it's exactly on budget. and the state's cost is about one-half that about $350 million. the independent massachusetts taxpayers foundation looked at the program and said it's well within the initial projections and it's a modest cost. the truth is at 1.5% of the state budget we've gotten all of our people insured, and everyone in massachusetts knows, if they are to get ill or if they lost a job, they would not lose insurance. portability is important. and we did all this without having to have a public option.

you don't want the government getting in the business of insurance. it right now is responsible for 50% of all healthcare in america with medicare and medicaid. let's keep them out of the private sector. the private side of healthcare. or they're going to become the great montholpolists. >> it's time to check in with russ mitchell at the news desk. it is election day in afghanistan as people choose a president this morning. fear of violence is keeping voter turnout low. cbs' mandy clark is in kabul this morning. mandi, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, russ. i'm standing outside of kabul's main polling centers. as you can see, there's no line to vote. turnout in many parts of the country has been low. among the first to vote, president karzai. >> vote. no violence.

>> reporter: but the fear of violence is affecting turnout in early voting. there have been no major assaults today, but there have been reports of scattered rocket attacks. president karzai's main challenger abdullah abdullah applauded those who came out to vote. >> people have shown their courage and resilience. >> reporter: the big question is whether president karzai can get 50% of the votes or will he be forced into a run-off election in october. russ? >> mandy clark in kabul. it is reported the cia hired outside contractors for a secret program to assassinate al qaeda leaders. this morning's "new york times" reports that five years ago the cia hired operatives from blackwater usa, the private security contractor for the still classified program. one source says it was unsuccessful and those contracts were cancelled. it is now 7:10. mr. dave price is back for more on the weather this morning. >> good morning to you, russ. we talked about the rain. we talked about the violent

weather. how about the total rain amounts in some places in minnesota? duluth got close to 3 inches of rain shattering a record which had been in place since 1884. we talked about where the rain is headed today. keep that in mind if you're making travel plans. we'll go out to the northwest, where you missed a record in seattle by one tick. it was 87 degrees yesterday, 11 degrees above the norm. we're going to begin to see a cooldown to the low 80s, upper 70s today. again, much more comfortable as we get cooler air rolling in over the next couple of days. other than that the desert southwest, where it should be typically this time of year. we're dry out in california and hot and steamy in the northeast. again, watch out over the next several days for strong rip tides and currents as a result of what bill may do to the waters right off the northeast coastline. that's a quick look. and by the way, to the mid-atlantic sta

>> that's a quick look at your weather picture. cooler air dropping into portions of the upper midwest. we'll keep an eye on everything. over to you, maggie and jeff. >> thanks a lot, dave. coming up it's getting harder to get cash for your clunker. we'll find out what the problem is. plus if you use a credit card new government regulations take effect today. we'll tell you what you need to know before you open your next bill. and brand new guidelines for the h1n1 virus. we'll tell you how to deal with the virus in your workplace. first, we remember a man who shaped tv news as we know it. don hewitt creator of tv's

first ever half hour newscast and the still popular news magazine "60 minutes" died at age 86 yesterday from pancreatic cancer. hewitt's career here at cbs began in 1948 and spanned six decades. >> don, will you push a button and bring in the atlantic coast. >> as the man behind the pioneering broadcasts of edward r. murrow and walter cronkite don hewitt defined television news. >> i guess i'm sort of the ultimate television creature. i feel it. i live it. i breathe it. >> and for more than 60 years, hewitt helped shape the medium as we know it. >> first question now to senator kennedy. >> the first televised presidential debate with john f. kennedy and richard nixon happened under hewitt's direction, and some say determined the election. >> there's very little i remember about the debate except nixon's atrocious makeup. i looked at him on camera and i thought, oh, my god, this is trouble. >> look at it again. you ready? >> for all his innovation

management didn't always agree with don hewitt. he was eventually pulled from his position with the evening news and pushed into the network's documentary division. >> he was out of a job and he was on salary at cbs, but he was out of a job. and he had some nutty notion about a magazine yet unnamed. >> with the creation of "60 minutes," hewitt brought news to primetime and to the top of television's ratings. >> i mean this broadcast was his heart and soul. and his baby right from the start. >> he started doing "60 minutes" the way it's done now. it's his fault. >> we got a piece to look at. >> hewitt attributed the show's success to one simple rule. >> it's four little words. tell me a story. and that's all we do. tell them a story. >> this begets fascinating. >> don hewitt had a passion for telling stories, stories that defined a career and delivered some of the most memorable moments in television history.

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transportation secretary ray lahood is warning the popular cash for clunkers program will not last forever, but many car dealers have already had enough. a new york car dealers group says half its members are dropping out. cbs correspondent terrell brown is at a dealership in wayne, new jersey, this morning. terrell, good morning. >> reporter: jeff good morning to you. the dealership along with what you said here just now, the dealership that we're at this morning, in fact hasn't received a single payment from the government in this cash for clunkers program. secretary lahood said that money is on the way but also said the

foundation is being laid right now to bring this program to an end. >> we'll be announcing very soon the wind down aspect of this. >> reporter: that announcement came as auto dealers across america struggle with the cash crunch brought on by the popular program. matt luzio's new jersey dealership has sold 103 cars under the program. so far he's only been reimbursed for one. >> it amounts to close to $500,000 that's outstanding right now. >> reporter: it's the same for some 200 dealerships in new york. the problem is so bad some dealers say they can no longer offer the program. transportation secretary ray lahood promised dealers will get their money. >> they're going to get their money. we have the money to provide to them. >> reporter: consumers get up to a $4,500 discount when they trade in their clunkers for a more fuel efficient model. that discount is paid back to the dealership by the government. so far the program has been seen as a big success. gm says it is increasing production by 60,000 vehicles this year. the company also plans to

reinstate more than 1,300 jobs. ford toyota honda, a chrysler have also increased production. but for dealers, all the extra sales mean little until the government pays up. >> the government has asked the dealer to on blind faith, don't worry about it. the check's in the mail. >> reporter: $3 billion the president set aside to keep the cash for clunkers program moving forward. $1.8 billion has already been used up by car dealers already. that's more than half. so jeff we'll certainly have to see if that money lasts until the beginning of september. >> cbs' terrell brown in new jersey this morning. so it continues but not for long here. >> we should know more within the next 48 hours. we'll keep you posted. still to come this morning, we're hearing for the first time from one of the other women in reality star jon gosselin's life. we'll be right back. >> announcer: this portion of "the early show" sponsored by the national association of realtors. buying or selling a home?

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welcome back to "the early show." we're read thg morning about a very interesting story. the organization that regulates track and field around the world is investigating this morning whether a south african teenager. her name is castor semena. is actually a man. they say they're concerned about her dramatic improvement in time her muscular build, and her deep voice. now they want to get her tested. >> something that's come up in international competitions before on behalf of athletes willing to embrace performance enhancing drugs.

hello, again. humidity down lob you will notice. trouble on the jones falls expressway. sharon will have that after marty's first warning weather. no rainfall. the haze is over the area. it's humid. very, very stuffy this morning. forecast calls for it to remain stuffy with a chance of afternoon showers, thunderstorms. high temperature of 88. now to sharon, wjz traffic control. >> a lot to talk about. first jfx to be avoided in the northbound lanes. it's shut down because of an oil spill. that is going to be between fayette and north avenue. take charles street as your alternate. meantime, traffic is detoured on to northbound falls way. you are looking at more oil on the northbound lanes of the harrisburg expressway between

the beltway and the pennsylvania state line. because of that, there is sand piles in the road. watch for an accident on the west side of the inner loop. apparently overturned dump truck there. inner loop at stephen stone disabled vehicle blocking the right lane. it is causing the speed sensors to slow. there is a live look at that area at hide parks avenue. traffic report is brought to you by maryland department of agriculture. back over to you, don. >> thank you. in the news, city police are looking for two alleged white supremists behind a hate crime. >> reporter: one man is in custody. he is facing 19 criminal charges. but police say they have received some anonymous tips about the two other suspects. an african-american man was attacked at fort armstead park early tuesday morning. a park security guard first

came to his aid. he said he was severely beaten. police used a tracking device to find the truck and calvin lock near who had a tattoo of hitler and is a member of the hate group the arian brotherhood. the victim is at shock trauma. take a look at video just in. crews are keeping drives off the road until the oily substance can be cleaned up. the road is closed from fayette to north avenue. no word how long the jfx will be closed. investigators are trying to figure out what caused the mess. lawyers for mayor sheila dickson say they are waiting for state prosecutor office to turn over requested material about the case. they filed a motion asking for details of all the subpoenas issued since the mayor's original

welcome back everybody. you see everybody ute there in kos assume and you think, wait a minute. is this "the early show," or is this "let's make a deal"? the answer is "the early show," but coming up we have wayne brady who's going to host a new "let's make a deal." >> you're a huge fan, right? >> who didn't get excited when monty hall would go into the audience and say, do you have a bobby pin in your pocketbook? >> great show. >> and give you $50 for it. >> and it's coming back. >> we'll talk to wayne brady ahead. also coming up new government rules take effect today that you will like. your credit card bill is going to change and our financial adviser ray martin is here to tell us what you should be looking out for. >> also officials at a championship track meet want to know if one of the runners needs to move over from the women's race to the men's. we'll have the latest details on

that from london. first here the world of divorcing reality stars jon and kate gosselin is getting crowded these days. we're hearing for the first time from one of the new women in jon gosselin's life. cbs news' michelle guillen joins us with more on that. >> good morning, jeff. ratings for the popular show "jon & kate plus 8" are on decline since they first announced their breakup. jon's been seen around the world with a lot of different women starting speculating about who his real love interest is. even though jon is trying to move on the new women in his life have done anything but keep him and theflds out of the spotlight. >> i love jon. i'm not some fame whore. >> reporter: first, 22-year-old hailey glassman told giuliana rancic she's been completely misunderstood. >> what do you think of people who say you're a home wrecker?

>> one of me says honestly i'm not. it's ridiculous. but from what the public sees they weren't allowed to see their marriage was done a year ago. >> like the rest of the country, i too had just seen all these pictures of hailey glassman as a wild party girl. i heard rumors of hailey being a homewrecker. i've got to say that's what i thought i was going to meet when i saw her, but she was the opposite of that. >> there's so many lies and just ridiculous stories circulating. >> but a few days later jon's other girlfriend kate major told "inside edition" about how she felt after being called a liar when she went public about her alleged relationship with the reality show star. >> he's saying that you're lying. >> he's lying. i wouldn't sit here on national television and make something up like this. >> how soon after meeting him did you have sex with jon gosselin? >> it was within the next few days, unfortunately. >> reporter: despite kate major's insistence on the affair hailey remains doubtful. >> so you think she was making

up that whole story that she was romantic with jon? >> i know what jon tells me and i know him. you know she's cuckoo. >> cuckoo or not, girl problems haven't done much for jon gosselin's family life or his career. last week police were called to the gosselins' pennsylvania family home after kate gosselin reportedly disapproved of jon's choice of baby sitter 23-year-old cocktail waitress stephanie santoro. >> kate tried to come home and i wouldn't let her in the gate. i guess she called the police and the police came. >> reporter: this latestative could land him in trouble with jon's employer tlc. although tlc had no comment on jon's personal report tmz reports jon could be in violation of the breach of his morals contract a breach that could cost jon much more than his newfound fame. >> i would be concerned about the long-term impact on these children particularly because the parents are now going

through a divorce. >> and tmz also reports that joníb gosselin is talking to producers about a new show centered around divorced celebrities called "divorced dads club." the question is whether he can start a new reality show before fulfilling his commitment to tlc. jeff? >> michelle guillen, thank you this morning. we have more now on a controversy that has erupted in germany after a championship track meet there. the question this morning is whether one of the runners should be in the men's or women's race. let's go live to london and cbs news correspondent mark phillips. good morning, mark. >> reporter: good morning, maggie. there was a very dramatic race in berlin last night, but the drama had less to do with who won the race than who was in it. >> castor semena of south africa. >> reporter: there was no doubt who won the women's 800-meter race at the women's track and field championships currently being held in berlin. what is in doubt is whether south african runner castor semena should be running in women's races or men's.

the 18-year-old semena is the subject of a gender verification test. if she walks like a man and talks like a man, is she a man? >> there are rumors you're a man. what's being done about that? >> i have no idea about that. who said it. i don't know. i don't give a [ bleep ] about it. >> reporter: but international sports officials do care. semenya was a virtual unknown in south africa until her times began to improve dramatically lately. a gender test has been ordered, officials say, not because semenya is suspected of cheating by having a sex change operation, but to determine whether she has what's being called a medical condition. the gender test it turns out, is a lot more complicated than you might think, involving more than just a physical examination. it also involves psychologists and experts in internal medicine and an internal gland function. and it can all take weeks. maggie? >> cbs news' mark phillips.

thank you, mark. her father says he's not worried at all. he knows she's a woman because he raised her. >> a medical condition. we'll see. let's turn over to mr. dave price right now for the latest on the weather. >> nice to see you, jeff. good morning to you, maggie. we'll switch gears just a bit and take a look at the weather maps. steamy and stormy all theshsh way from the tennessee valley to the mid-mississippi valley the gulf states and heading towards the north and east to the great lakes. later in the day, we could see some severe weather pop up. we saw some of that yesterday in places like minnesota and illinois and throughout the state of missouri as well. some heavy rains associated with this system two to four inches in some locations. we'll widen out. rockies to southwest dry and on the warm side. close to record-setting heat yesterday in places like seattle. today cooler and tomorrow even cooler than that. still steamy and sticky along the northeastern seaboard and keep in mind as we continue to watch bill's path hurricane

bill turning to the north and the west we're going to see dangerous rip currents and tides rolling through affecting areas from the carolinas all the way through new england. that's a quick look at >> good morning. let's take a look at the forecast. it's in the mid-70s now and humidity with a capital h. 84 the high. like the past few days. watch for passing showers and thunderstorms. humid overnight. stuffy. tomorrow there could be a couple of heavy thunderstorms as a weather changing cold front enters the region. 82 saturday. saturday morning slow clearing from rain but not clouds. sunday the best of i look like the neighbor. >> that's great. >> he's crouching on the couch. >> i can't get on the couch. i can only approach it. >> you're selling couches there. >> $5,995 every section

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>> according to the credit card responsibility and disclosure act, credit card companies had 14 days to send your statements before your payment is due. now they're going to have to send your statement 21 days before your payment is due, giving you more time to read yourw(statement, ask questions, and prepare to make your payment. >> that's wonderful news. >> that's one of the changes that goes into effect today. >> i know another one is they have this way sometimes of smaeking new rates or fees into your bill. they can't do that anymore. >> according to the old rules, credit card companies could make changes to your interest rates or fees and charges and give you only a notice of 15 days oftentimes not giving you time to think about it or react to it. now they're going to have to give you six weeks or 45 days notice in writing before they make changes to your interest rates or make changes to significant terms and conditions on your credit cards. giving you again, time to think about it ask questions, and time to shop around. you have six weeks notice here. >> that gives you clearly the advantage telling them i'm going to opt out of this unless you stick to my old rate. >> or shop around.

>> i'm sure credit card companies anticipate this and they anticipate there will be more and stricter changes in the months to come. what are they doing to protect their profits? >> the major provisions of the credit card act go into effect in february. which restrict the interest rate changes credit card companies can make and the fees. so this letter issued by american express and received by one of our viewers is one of the thousands of letters being sent out by credit card companies. in it they're saying to their customers, we're changing your interest rate to an adjustable rate on purchases to prime plus 11.25%. we're changing your interest rate on cash advances to an adjustable rate baseded on prime to 24% right now. and we're changing your interest rate on balances with a penalty rate to prime plus a margin of 27% right now. that's just one change going on now while the credit card companies can do it. they're moving to an adjustable rate while interest rates are historically low. and adjustable rate changes on your credit cards will not be

restricted under the new act. >> we should point out in the last seconds there are things you still have to be vigilant of even though these provisions are going in effect. >> first, you need to make all of your payments on time. if you do credit card companies won't be able to make your interest rates come february. you need to pay more than the minimum payment due. do not use your credit cards for cash advances and read your mail carefully for all the changes coming up. if your credit card company isn't playing by the rules, go to occ.treas.gov. >> you can find more on the website, thank you, ray. earlyshow.cbsnews.com. all of ray's advice for free. coming up next, new government guidelines for handling the h1n1 virus today. this time we're hearing how to stay safe and healthy at work. our dr. jennifer ashton is coming up here on "the early show" on cbs. ♪ yes, you're lovely... ♪ what do you think? hey, why don't we use our points from chase sapphire and take a break? we can't. sure, we can. the points don't expire...

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hello again. we are looking south. that visual representation of the humidity you will feel when you step outside. >> it will ab humid one. we will watch for a shower or thundershower, primarily after noon but any time you can make that call. now to traffic. >> not such a good morning on the jfx. we are looking at all lanes blocked because of an oil spill. all northbound lanes are blocked between fayette and north traffic is being detoured on to falls way. take charles street. meantime, we have an issue on the harrisburg expressway. also oil in the road and spots between the beltway and pennsylvania line. on the west side inner loop of the beltway and route 40 we have an accident. there is a live look. overturned dump truck is on the inner loop causing a backup. watch for another problem, another accident on the top

side at stevenson. disabled vehicle blocking the center lane. watch for delays because of that. another disabled on 95 southbound. that is partially blocking a northbound lane. there is a look at the drive times for the top and west side of the beltway. traffic report is brought to you by geico. log on to geico.com or call 180- 0970 auto. in the news, an elderly fisherman is attacked. now police are looking for two of three white supremists they say are responsible. >> reporter: one man is in custody this morning facing 19 criminal charges. two others are still at large this morning. police say they have received anonymous tips about their identities. the african-american man was

attacked at fort army stayed park tuesday morning. a security guide said he was severely beaten. police used a tracking device to find his truck and one of the accused, calvin lock near who has a took the to of hitler on his stomach. the victim is in serious but stable condition at shock trauma. back to you. >> thank you, mary. more than 30 people in eastern baltimore county are looking for new places to live. late last night a two-alarm blaze ripped through six town homes. one of the displaced people says he started the fire with an inventory tended canned --

powerful storms and tornadoes leave a path of destruction through the midwest. residents are picking up the pieces amid their shock from nature's fury. >> it was like a war zone. trees everywhere. police are investigating the murder of a young model. they're looking for a reality tv star who's suddenly hard to find. and he transformed television news forever. we'll talk to lesley stahl and steve kroft about their "60 minutes" boss and mentor the legendary don hewitt "early" this thursday morning, august 20th, 2009. welcome back t "the early show" on this thursday, everybody. a lot of people out here cheering us on on the plaza. i'm maggie rodriguez with jeff glor and dave price. harry and julie are off this

morning. >> by the way, did you know that texas loves new york? >> i heard that. i saw it on a sign somewhere. >> it is nice to know that. nice to have you here. >> where in texas? >> katy, right outside houston. >> thank you, everyone. kids going back to school. this week, next few weeks here we'll talk about the latest and coolest new gadgets you might want to get. >> speaking of cool gadgets, you guys ever see a product and think, man, i wish i'd thought of that? >> yes. the fchllo-bee. >> we have some people who actually came up with great gadgets, three gentlemen right here, and we're going to tell you what makes a good invention and what makes a bad invention. they're hoping to get very, very rich with those. >> we'll meet them in just a little while. first, let's meet another genius russ mitchell standing by at the news desk. >> i actually invented the flo-bee, years ago.

good morning to you. folks in six midwestern states are cleaning up from the damage from violent weather. a tornado was caught on cell phone video yesterday south of minneapolis. large trees fell on the houses and power lines. in williamsville, illinois fierce wind and rain damaged homes and buildings. all in all, only a few minor storm-related injuries were reported. senator ted kennedy is appealing to leaders in his home state of massachusetts to speed up the process to replace him in congress. kennedy is suffering from a malignant brain tumor. aides say there is no change in his condition. in afghanistan, this is election day, and voters are turning out despite the threat of taliban violence. but as cbs news chief foreign affairs correspondent lara logan reports, to the south in taliban territory, it is business as usual for the u.s. marines. >> reporter: the marines of echo company spend most days like this fighting their way through taliban strongholds. on this mission, they're heading straight into taliban territory expecting a fight.

it's a hard slog through sweltering corn fields in burning heat but it's what they're used to here as they try to drive the taliban out so people can vote in the election. >> the taliban said if any of the civilians vote they're going to snap off their fingers. >> reporter: echo company wants the taliban to know they're coming as they push further south than they've ever been. >> fly overhead and mark our position north and south. >> reporter: as marines cross an open field, shots ring out, and they hit the ground then scramble for cover behind a nearby berm. it's exactly what the marines expected. as they move through the open ground they take more arms fire. these guys are not put off by the show of power. the air support. they're dug into fighting positions in buildings while the marines are out exposed. they're using every piece of ground they can find for cover. the anticipated fight doesn't come, and the marines head home. >> each time we go down there

we've made a fight. today was a little strange. ed could be linked with tomorrow's elections. it could be they have people that normally fight us here that might be off in other areas doing other things. >> reporter: echo company is hoping they can encourage people here to vote but they're more likely to be persuaded by taliban threats or their taliban sympathies. lara logan, cbs news, southern helmand. a reality show contestant is now a person of interest in the california murder investigation. cbs news correspondent hattie kauffman is in los angeles with details. hattie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, russ. it ganz with a gruesome discovery. the body of a nude woman who had been strangled, stuffed into a suitcase, which was then thrown into a trash bin. the victim is a one-time swimsuit model, 28-year-old jasmine fiore. police say the last man to see her alive was 32-year-old ryan alexander jenkins. the two met and briefly married after his stint as a contestant on the vh1 dating series "megan

wants a millionaire." >> i've always rolled on kind of an echelon. i never rolled with any girls who could keep up with me. >> reporter: both had websites hers for modeling his for real estate. but where jenkins is now is a mystery. >> the two were at a poker game somewhere in san diego, and that is the last time they were seen together. and that was on friday. >> reporter: saturday morning fiore's body was found in a suitcase left in this dumpster. hours later jenkins reported her missing. >> we find it suspicious that with all the media coverage that he has not made himself available to us. >> reporter: vh1 has suspended airing any further episodes of the the show that featured jenkins. >> i need to hold a clinic for these dudes just to teach them a little bit of game. >> reporter: now, jenkins is from canada. police fear he may be headed there. court records from nevada show that he was arrested for domestic violence against fiore this spring and was supposed to

stand trial on that coming up in december. russ? >> hattie kauffman in los angeles. thank you very much. it is now 8:06. of course the other big story today hurricane bill. dave is out on the plaza with the latest on that and the weather from coast to coast. >> let's get to hurricane bill right now. we'll meet some of the great folks in the crowd in just a minute. let's go to the satellite and radar picture. you can see with the enhancement this ishsh is a strong storm still category 3. sustained winds up to 125 miles per hour now 700 miles or so southeast of bermuda. bermuda not out of the danger zone. looks like the u.s. coastline is at this point. keep in mind we're going to see very, very strong rip tides and currents as a result of this storm. there's the path. it brings it kind of on a northwest path, and it will wind up pushing back out north and east towards the canadian maritimes. again, it's moving at this point at 18 miles an hour. watch for the coastal surf. national maps everyone. high heat continues. less so in the pacific

northwest. yesterday 87 degrees in seattle. cooler today in the low 80s and even cooling down more as we head into the next 24 hours. strong storms from mississippi and tennessee valleys all the way up to the eastern great lakes, pushing through to the northeast. some of those could be significant. we'll watch that. and from the rockies to the southwest we are dry, sunny, and particularly warm. cooler air begins to invade có!)jju of the upper midwest. that's a quick look at the national maps. good morning. let's take a look at the forecast for the day. we are in the humid, 95% humidity. mid-70s. going for a high of 88 this day. clouds, sun, chance of shower or thundershower afternoon through the evening into the overnight. same forecast the past couple of days. mostly cloudy, 74. tomorrow the same forecast. chance of heavy thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. 90 will be the high. could be a lingering thunderstorm on saturday morning. the best of the weekend days will be sunday.

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playing with play-doh. we had no idea what we were doing in the early days. >> somebody goofed. >> they're smiling. "60 minutes" correspondents steve kroft and lesley stahl remembering don hewitt this morning. what do you feel when you see that, lesley? >> i have to remember how much fun he was, how much energy he had, the enthusiasm the life. my goodness, he used to call me -- i don't know about you, steve. he used to call me. he'd wait. he'd get up so early read the paper from front to back desperate to call us as early as possible and always waiting. 6:45 he'd call me. i knew it would be don. hey, kiddo, have you seen the paper yet? there's a great story. i want you to jump on it. >> or calling you to tell you what the ratings were the night before if they were really good. >> that too. >> when we lost walter cronkite a few weeks ago, it was easy for people at home to understand his

contribution. they knew him. he was in their living room every night. explain the contribution of a behind the scenes force like don hewitt. >> i don't think there's anybody with the possible exception of rudd arledge behind the scenes who had as much notoriety and put their stamp on television. i honestly think, if don had not come along, that television news today would be markedly different and not as good. he was just such a unique individual. i think mike wallace would have gone off and been richard nixon's press secretary, which was a job he had been offered when don was putting the show together. i think morley would be off in -- probably be up in canada doing something. and i think you would have missed the contributions that don made, and you would have missed "60 minutes." >> we have a clip, lesley your very first report on "60 minutes." i know it's a piece that don loved. we'll show everybody. >> if you're a reporter and you

don't want to be recognized by the hundreds of americans in romania trying to adopt a baby you do what i did. you wear a black wig. you get your cameraman to pose as your husband, and you record the whole unbelievable scene with a home video camera. >> why did he love it so much? >> one of the reasons he loved it not only because it was showbiz because i wore a black wig, it was it was newsworthy. a lot of people talk about how don introduced entertainment in news stories, but the fact is that don was a newsman first. people forget that. he produced walter cronkite's evening news he did the first presidential debates, election debates, all the election nights. he brought news sensibilities, good newsman himself. people always say how come "60 minutes" has endured? i think that's the reason. don brought journalism to "60 minutes" first. >> and i know that you were the

first american journalist to visit the chernobyl nuclear facility in 1990. don started to take you seriously after that. >> that was my first season. i think he thought i had a future on the show after we went. >> let's watch a little bit of it, steve. >> today this is a nuclear ghost town. the only sign of life is the music, piped in continuously to keep the decontamination crews that have to be here from going crazy. >> did you work closely with don on that piece? >> actually don made very few changes to it. i worked with bill mcclure who was one of the very first "60 minutes" producers that don hired, who was a great cinematographer. don made some improvement ozs on it. i think it was a fantastic editor. it's been said that we along with ben bradley of "the

washington post," were the best editors of the last half of the 20th century. i believe that's true. >> help people at home understand what that means. what does an editor do that makes such a big difference? >> in our case we go off with a producer and do a story. we shoot it and we may edit it three or four different ways before we actually take it in and show it to don. showed it to don, and don would sit there and watch it for the first time and say, i don't like that. i want that taken out. i want the top to be the bottom and the bottom to be the top and move the middle over here. >> and he just knew? >> and he would do it from watching the piece once. he could do it in five minutes, and it would be a completely different -- not a different story but so much better. >> i met him only briefly. i didn't know until i saw the pieces yesterday how hot-headed he could be. but i'm sure you both knew that very well. >> i remember when i moved to new york to work for him from washington where people just didn't shout at each other, it wasn't done. that was the way people conversed at "60 minutes" was

shouting, and you had to get into tla if you wanted to be part of the team. it was just the way it was. >> let's show this clip. i love it. with him and mike wallace. >> i've been doing this for 25 years. and i know that we've had half a dozen battles in 235 years. i mean real battles. >> we fight over things like this all the time but never anything more than this. he's all right, kid, you know that? he ain't much to look at but he's all right. >> if you didn't fight, it kind of was you didn't care enough. i don't know. it was part of his caring about how -- he was so meticulous about every aspect of our pieces too, and he cared about everything. >> that's what the yelling meant? >> it did. >> it was yelling, and it was arguing. it was debating. it was arguing journalistic points. and the discussions could go on for hours and hours. don always said i would never hire anybody who wasn't willing to argue with me. >> engage in a healthy back and forth. in the last seconds, what will both of you miss most about him? steve? >> oh his -- just his presence.

but, you know it's very funny, and i'm sure lesley feels the same way. i can't sit down at a typewriter or a computer screen and write something without hearing his voice. >> i think it was just his enthusiasm for living and he infected everybody around him with it. i mean i -- when somebody called me yesterday and said i think don's going to die soon, i was shocked. don hewitt? he was a life. the energy. so i think of him, and i do smile because of that because he was fun, because he knew how to love us. >> he did. >> we loved him. >> he had a great life. and as his wife marilyn told me yesterday, he really enjoyed it. nobody enjoyed it more than don did. >> steve kroft, lesley stahl, thank you. good to have you on. we'll have more in just a moment. you're watching "the early show" on cbs.

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welcome back to "the early show." this morning we are remembering don hewitt this morning, the cbs news and "60 minutes" pioneer who died yesterday at the age of 86. first of all, impossible and humbling to follow lesley stahl and steve kroft after a segment like that. their remembrances were unbelievable. i think that what's amazing is not only what don hewitt did but the foundation he laid for the future and the stories that "60 minutes" continues to do and that we see to this day. when they asked about some of our favorite pieces from the previous years, one that came to mind for me was the pelle piece on r.a.m. that remote area medical they did a year ago. it was vintage "60 minutes." it was about these medical teams that go into remote areas, give out free medical care.

it was vintage because it was unique, it was powerful, and it was difference making. >> "60 minutes." >> that's what "60 minutes" is about, just unreal. >> i have so many favorites. one of them was a profile of tiger woods that ed bradley did. my husband and i like it so much we have it on dvd. in it tiger woods talks about what it takes to be the best. it takes more work than most people are willing to do. i think it's safe to say that "60 minutes" is the tiger woods of tv news. >> and also when they aired the interview with lena horne. don hewitt was the guy behind the scenes controlling everything. >> they sent out a note last night asking for our favorites, and i said i really don't want to highlight one. i just wanted to mention that that program is and was like its own nation at cbs news. don hewitt the late arty bloom. those people to us as we walk through the halls, the behind the scenes people were superstars. it's a remarkable bar for which

hello again. clouds overhead and lots of humidity on the ground. sharon will wrap up what is going on after marty's first warning weather. >> clouds this morning. there is no rain in them, not yet anyway. the forecast will call for a chance of a passing shower or thunderstorm. 88 and humid the high this day. in the mid-70s now. over to sharon at wjz tv traffic control. >> an oil slick on the northbound lanes of jfx is causing big headache for drivers. the northbound lanes are shut down. that is between fayette and north avenue. traffic is being detoured to falls way. charles street is another alternate. watch for two problems on the west side. an accident on the west side inner loop at baltimore blocking two right lanes. ramp closure from 40 to the inner loop. a backup from 895. outer loop rub near necking

delays to 795. a second problem approaching frederick, disabled vehicle blocking the right center lane. this traffic report is brought to you by geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on you auto insurance. in the news this morning, an elderly african-american man is hospitalized after city police say he was attacked by three white supremists. mary bubala has the story. >> reporter: one man is in custody facing 19 criminal charges. two others at large. police say they have received anonymous tips about their identities. the man was attacked early tuesday morning. eyewitness news spoke to the security guard that came to his aid saying he was severely beaten. police used a tracking device to find his truck and one of

the accused, calvin lockner who has a took the took of hitler on his stomach. the victim is in serious but stable condition at shock trauma. don, back to you. >> thank you, mary. eight fires in four hours. month police say they are looking for an arsonist. the fires occurred less than two miles from each other around damascus. they caused $25,000 worth of damage. nobody was hurt. the investigation continues. michael phelps is from here and this area will be the training ground for the next wave of olympic swimmers. the u.s. olympic committee named the north baltimore aquatic club one of three official training centers. up next wayne brady's new gig. one of the best tv shows in the 70s. now he will host a new version of let's make a deal.

all right, america. let's make a deal as we welcome you back to "the early show" at 8:30. everybody remembers "let's make a deal," one of the most popular tv game shows of the '60s and '70s, hosted back then by the one and only monty hall. >> we cannot wait because we have wayne brady here this morning. >> the new host. >> good stuff. >> yes. wayne, come on in. >> thank you very much. hello, hello, hello. >> good to have you. >> what's going on? >> so you're a busy guy. you're touring for your hit album. you have a stage show in las vegas. now hosting "let's make a deal." >> bringing it back. >> welcome to the cbs family. >> thank you so much. >> how excited are you? >> i am very -- i can't even

tell you how excited because it's such a big thing. i don't think i've really digested yet i'm going to be manning this american franchise. that doesn't happen every day. most days someone goes, you suck. but on a good day, they go here take this awesome job. that makes me very happy. >> that's a lot of pressure. monty hall those are some big shoes to fill. >> yes and no. monty was the captain for years and created the show but there's no pressure for me because i'm doing my own version, which is the same ship. but they hired me to just be me. throw me in the middle of the audience show me the money, and let's just make somedeals. >> are you scared to ask someone to open their purse now as when they first did it in the '70s? >> we live in a different time. whoa there's my .9 millimeter. like i don't need that. >> right. >> but luckily we'll have good screeners and a lot of guards. >> gotcha.

>> are we going to make a deal here this morning? >> we're going to make a deal. >> maybe we'll ask the audience wayne. >> we're going to use the audience audience. i see we have a lot of great costumes. we have convicts and clowns. >> that's not a costume. >> speaking of the .9 millimeters. >> i'm going to make a deal. i've got on me i've been given $20. $20. >> whoa. >> i've got $20. and you know what i'm going to make a deal with -- let's see. you, you clam head. you can either have this $20, or you can go with what is in my man's pocket right here. either what's inside his pocket or $20. she's going to go with your pocket. >> are you sure about that? >> okay. well this is what you would have had, 0. you know what you can do with

$20. not much but it's $20. show us what is inside your pocket. a brand new quarter. >> oh. >> 25 cents. >> i should say it's very shiny. >> it is a very shiny quarter. >> i believe it's the 2009 edition. >> and it's touched -- >> boo, jeff glor. >> don't boo money. it's still a quarter. >> i'm just booing jeff. >> it's still a quarter. that's the way we would play the game. we start october 5th. you can see me make deals just like that where a clam head leaves with a quarter. now that's america. >> on "let's make a deal," this would never be allowed, but since this is my show, i'm going to give her the 20 anyway. $20.25. thanks so much, wayne. >> you went big up top. >> thank you so much. hey, everybody, "let's make a deal" premieres on october 5th right here on cbs. check your local listings for the time. let's go inside and make a deal with russ mitchell at the news

desk. what have you got for us russ? >> i'm not going to zonk you. the governor of scotland announced this morning it's released the only man ever convicted in the lockerbie bombing on compassionate grounds. 230 people when the plane blew up over scotland. abdelbaset al megrahi is dying of prostate cancer. he was given a life sentence in 2001 but is now on his way home to cu8 a sign of improving relations between the u.s. and north korea. yesterday two north korean diplomats met with new mexico governor bill richardson in santa fe. today they'll get a briefing about sustainable renewable energy programs for their nation. president obama takes his campaign for healthcare reform to talk radio today. he'll be interviewed at the white house by conservative radio show host michael smerkonish. and in san francisco, lombard street became

cannedlyland. it was covered with 41 square colored tiles to match the sequence in the popular board game. it was to celebrate candyland's 60th birthday. it is now 8:35. time to go back outside to dave price with our final check of the weather. >> you know what we're going to continue "let's make a deal" now. this lovely clam shell woman, who was here yesterday also. you got $20 from wayne brady. you can either trade that $20 for what's inside this man's nose or for what's in my pocket. do you want to do that? there was a quarter in jeff glor's pocket. >> yeah. no. >> you don't? >> no. >> you don't? i will tell you what if you give me your hair clip i'll trade you for what's in my pocket. do you want to do that? we have five seconds. >> okay. >> all right. give me your hair clip. there we go. that goes to maggie. this woman wouldn't trade me the $20 we gave her for what's in here. why don't you open that up.

it is from antiqua bodega a lovely restaurant across the street from here. why don't you read what that is. >> a gift certificate for $75. >> for $75. good for you. that's worth a hair clip. let's take a look at the weather picture right now. here's what's happening all across the country. maggie maggie, i've got a hair clip for you. it will be $20. steamy weather in the northeast, everybody. looks like from the great lakes all the way down to the tennessee valley and mississippi valley you're going to see some rain today. some of that could be severe. high heat begins to diminish in the pacific northwest from the rockies to the southwest. it's warm. and we stay dry in california. we are watching hurricane bill a category 3 storm at this point, with sustained winds of 125 miles per hour. we're keeping an eye >> all right. good morning. let's take a look at the forecast for the day. a lot of humidity. 95% humidity right now in the

mid-70s. high of letter 8. watch for a chance of passing shower or thunderstorm this afternoon then this evening like the past two days. 74 overnight. mostly cloudy. tomorrow almost guaranteed we could see heavy thunderstorms in the midatlantic through the afternoon and into the evening with a high of 90. we will slowly clear skies out saturday, maybe a lingering shower. sunday the best of the weekend days in the mid-80s. >> that's a look at your weather picture. thanks again for all of this kindness. nice trip from katy texas, all the way here now, isn't it? you ought to just clam up sometimes, huh? that's a quick look at your weather picture. jeff, inside to you. >> announcer: this portion of "the early show" sponsored by the florida department of citrus. florida orange juice, healthy, pure and simple. in today's edition of back

to school early, a look at the coolest gear and gadgets for students this year ranging from back friendly backpacks to nicely priced notebooks. david gregg is senior editor at behindthebuy.com. good morning to you. we're going to start with some of the basics which are these backpacks. backpacks have changed a bit over the years. >> absolutely they have. these are the core back to school items. backpacks being really important. there are considerations parents need to have especially given the fact there are so many options out there. these three took the classification of fulfilling the three points. made with quality construction materials, constructed well and also offering a lot of size. start off first with this particular backpack from land's end. what's unique about it -- >> it rolls. >> it's got inline skate wheels on the bottom. a telescoping handle and a lot of space. you do have to check with your school locally to see if they have a rule against wheeling backpacks. even if they do -- >> good point. >> if i can unzip this here what they can do is roll it on their way to school outside, and

then pull out this and wear it on their back while they're actually going down the hallway. >> things have changed. >> they certainly have. >> we saw this other nice little feature on some of the backpacks. there's hand sanitizer in some of them. >> obviously, i don't think a day goes by we don't have a story on h1n1. you give your kid a hand sanitizer, the likelihood they're going to use it is not very likely. what's cool about kocooty killers, they can hand sanitize right before they eat. and this one looks more like a pizza carrier. it's totally waterproof if you've got a tough kid. and finally the classic from jansport, the only one i know of that gives a lifetime guarantee. if something rips or tears, they'll repair it or replace it. >> let's move to laptops. there's a big debate between netbooks and traditional laptops. >> a netbook is not a brand. it's a type of laptop technology, which means it's much smaller. it's missing one item in

particular, it doesn't have a disk drive in it. you can add a disk drive in the area of $40. this will do everything a student needs, which is word processing and other applications. it's got a built-in camera. $299 for the acer aspire one. some people need an apple. >> some deals going right now. >> the macbook pro which is just a little under $1,000. if you buy a mac, which are lightweight and cool and sleek looking, you get an ipod touch. which has a $230 value with any purchase. >> you need the external hard drives in some cases here. we have a bunch of examples. >> at one point in time, this was a consideration. now it's a must have. kids carry their entire life. >> and back things up. >> you've got your music and videos. let's not forget about schoolwork and projects. these backup external hard drives are from c-gate. they're very, very thin profile, extremely lightweight. optional docking station.

it's easy to connect to your computer. compatible with mac and also windows. and you have the option through special alliances they've got with music. here's madonna. and there's your favorite taylor swift. come on dave. >> are you kidding me? i own every single album. >> 250 gigs. they hold a lot. >> we should talk eco-friendly. that is also a big deal these days. they're accommodating customers. >> staples has thousands of eco-friendly. they fall under the category of eco-friendly. these basic core item,all made with recycled good. leftover recycled things from sugar cane. natural inks going into the post-it notes. these scissors, the handles are made with recycled plastic. there are thousands of areas. green, the whole topic of green has really gotten into basic back to school items. and finally ikea. this light is very powerful called a sunan.

for every single one of these lights purchased, just about $20, they donate one to unicef and it goes to children in impoverished nations who don't have security at night. it works on quite a bit of light. it works on l.e.d. >> thanks so much. for more tips, you can go to our website at earlyshow.cbsnews.com. as you head back to school. now here's maggie. >> all right. thank you so much jeff. "vogue" magazine is the bible of the fashion world. its september issue is the magazine's holy grail. you can't talk about vogue without bringing up its elusive and enigmatic editor-in-chief anna wintour. a new book called "the september issue" gives a behind the scenes look at how vogue is created. >> the glamour of "vogue," okay. >> i'm not crazy about this one. >> i don't think we should do. these are all horrible.

she looks pregnant. >> look. >> no. i think my father really decided for me that i should work in fashion. he says well you want to be editor of "vogue," of course. that was it. it was decided. >> r.j. cutler is the director and producer of the documentary, and andre leon talley is editor-at-large at "vogue." good morning to you both. r.j. congratulations on the documentary. anna wintour is known for not granting interviews. how did you get her to do it and what was it like to meet this elusive woman? >> when you meet her, you know that she's special. you know the workplace she's in is special. you feel it right away. really i think the secret to my success in getting her to say yes was asking. she agreed to do it right away. >> i've asked plenty of times. just kidding. >> we talked about film making and the type of film that we would make and our approach, and she got it. and really liked the idea. in fact it was anna's

suggestion that we focus on the september issue. >> is it true that not everybody on the staff was on board? >> grace cottington who ends up playing a very large role in the film was very much not on board at the beginning. in fact the very first thing she said to me was go away. >> she's anna's right hand right? >> in a way, they're partners and you see that in the film. it took us a few months to get her to warm up to the idea. >> andre, you are part of this unbelievable team. what's it like to be on her team? >> it's the most extraordinary privilege you can have working in fashion. it's the best team. anna surrounds herself with the most extraordinary people grace cottington virginia smith. everyone on her team from communications to art directors are the best. and as i've always said it's no tea party. she's putting together a very important magazine that's the top magazine for the industry. we take our jobs very seriously. >> what would you say is the biggest misconception about her? >> that she is an ice floe.

>> that she's cold? >> that she's an ice floe or an iceberg, and that she has no human flesh or bones, but she is. i think r.j.'s film shows that with all the power, the glamour, and the glory, there is the woman who -- you see her warm up when she's with her daughter in long island. you see the warmth come over her face at last. she's so proud of bea. and she is like all people human, and she is not perfect. this whole conception that she's the most perfect person in the world. but i love r.j. for showing without being intrusive or aggressive that she is a human being, that she is warm, there is warmth behind the ice floe. >> let me give you the last word r.j. what do you think most people will find surprising when they watch your documentary? >> i think it's there is such a high level of passion and commitment that is required to put "vogue" out at these standards month after month after month. and then this remarkable relationship between anna and

grace, these two women who have been working together for 20 years, who seem to be polar opposites but, in fact are involved in a collaboration, a symbiotic collaboration. and together with andre and everybody else at "vogue," accomplish amazing things every month. >> make magic. r.j. cutler, andre leon talley, thank you. we should tell you the "september issue" film opens in new york august 28th and nationwide next month. coming up next we'll meet three aspiring inventors and the gizmos that might change their lives and yours. we'll be right back.

you've seen them and you love them admit it. tv infomercials are a $20

billion industry selling products to people who never thought they needed it. to find out more about these gizmos and gadgets, we went to a convention for aspiring inventors. >> blue tooth, portable gps. >> for any gadget you want to fire up terrence sommerville said you'll need his solar battery charger. >> the retail price, $19.95, plus shipping and handling. >> sommerville is one of 74 inventors who came from 65 cities to present their gadgets and gizmos at telebrands inventors fair. the head judge is a.j. khubani. the force behind as seen on tv products. >> you need the windshield wonder. >> like the windshield wonder and the ped egg, that at home pedicure egg that sold millions. khubani says the formula for as seen on tv products is simple. >> it's got to solve a common problem. it's got to be mass appeal. it's got to demonstrate well on

tv. something we can retail for $10 to $20. >> you pull out the top rack. >> some made the grade, like this device eliminating water filled cups in the dishwasher. >> i think we have an interest all three of us right? >> we also have reflective tape. >> it can work your abductors. >> some inventions fell a bit flat. >> i've got a pretty good idea of what works on tv and what doesn't. i'm going to say it's my opinion this isn't going to sell on tv. >> you're sitting at a bus stop. >> for many this is just the beginning. >> we got a thumbs down here. we talked to many inventors here today, and still feel like we may have something to put on the market. >> that's everybody's hope. joining us now a.j. khubani of telebrands. >> and joining us today are three inventors hoping to make the cut. >> my name is david slockbower. my product is called the ez shopper. it's a complete shopping system

that fits in your pocket. it removes the problem of having shopping bags cutting into your hands, whether it be the twine handled or plastic bags. let's you carry as many as six shopping bags on each shoulder. it has a strap which enables you to carry the bags hands free and open your car door. it snaps on. it can fit over your shoulder. reach through, grab the handle. >> look at that. >> put this over your shoulder and let it down. >> all right, a.j. weigh in on this one. no pun intended. good and bad of this product. >> i'll tell you, i really like this product. i'll tell you why. because almost everybody shops. it's a common problem. one thing we look for, common problem. and this is a simple solution. it's a mass appeal. almost everybody's in the market for it. and it's a problem that everyone can identify with because, when you do pick up bags you used to get a red line and they're heavy. >> that's the key to a good

invention, something that everybody can identify with. >> and it's got to have that aha moment. like why didn't i think of that? it's so simple. great product. >> thank you very much. >> we're going to keep scooting along. what's your name? >> jim bonner. >> what's your product? >> my product is a hang glider. it eliminates stretches of necks. hangers like this you've got to go up to the bottom or force the hanger through the neck opening which stretches the elastic. >> it's adjustable. >> my hanger gives a quick pull and comes right out. >> let's just talk about our last invention, and then we'll ask a.j. his opinion. >> what's your name? >> terron sommerville. >> what's your invention? >> it's called the solarville solar battery charger. you can charge many things such as ipods, bluetooth, various cell phones and other smart electronic devices. >> all the stuff you don't think you need but it's something you want. >> these both have mass appeal which are good inventions. i'm sure you see

hello again. it is five minutes before 9:00 and very warm and humid. >> we have been discussing for the past couple of days calm winds. when it's this humid and warm. besides being stuffy, perfect air traffic control for bugs. i've been hit with more mosquitoes in the past three days. 88 the high temperature today. we'll watch for a chance of a thunderstorm this afternoon and evening. the five-day forecast shows another chance tomorrow. maybe lingering into saturday morning. saturday, sun in the afternoon. the latest temperatures and humidity is out of here as the cold front passes through. and then the mid-80s with sunshine sunday, monday and tuesday. >> thank you. the beating of a four amish that put an elderly man into

the hospital. >> one man is in custody this morning facing 19 criminal charges two others still at large this morning. but police say they have received tips about the identifities. the man was attacked early tuesday morning. we spoke with the security guard. he said he was verily beaten. police were able to use a security device to find a truck. the victim is still in serious but stable condition today. back to you. >> thank you. another story we've been following, a large portion of northbound of the expressway remains closed at this hour. crews are keeping drivers off the road until an oily substance can be cleaned off. 57 isn't helping. sit closed between f street and

north avenue. no word on when it will re- open. more than 30 people in eastern baltimore county are looking for new places to live. a two-alarm blaze ripped through. he says he accidentally started the fire with an unintended candle. elsewhere, community members met with police to discuss plans to put speed cameras. 14 traffic deaths highlight the need for installing cameras in school zones. the conty council is expected to vote next month. the orioles just could not answer. the rays rookie pitcher went on to lose 3-1 . the orioles' road trip will continue this weekend. the birds and white sox in action right